I see Farage was straight on social media after the Gorton result claiming corrupt voting procedures and poo pooing postal ballots as being anti democratic, straight out the Trump playbook and no serious evidence to back any of it up. A well regarded group ( according to Farage ) of observers noted some family voting taking place in Gorton, volunteers at polling stations would not allow that to happen as it is illegal and neither the GMC or the police have had any reports of wrongdoing, try again Nigel you lost fair and square, get over it.
The group in question are funded by the Rowntree foundation, and are reputable. Farage and co are seizing on it to sow doubt and paranoia, but let’s not denigrate volunteer groups serving a valuable purpose. These groups are independent and have less incentives to lie than party volunteers at polling stations (not actually accusing any of foul play, just stating they are more independent) and ensuring no foul play in elections is good. I doubt any family voting pressures held much sway, but any instances should be stamped out. We shouldn’t accept declines in standard because some want to use it to destroy trust for an agenda.
